Pixar: 20 Years of Animation Illustrates Marriage of Traditional Artistry with Technical Advances in Animated Films
PIXAR: 20 YEARS OF ANIMATION ILLUSTRATES MARRIAGE OF TRADITIONAL ARTISTRY WITH TECHNICAL ADVANCES IN ANIMATED FILMS Films and over 500 Works of Art Created by Pixar Artists Comprise Most Comprehensive Animation Exhibition Ever Presented at MoMA Pixar: 20 Years of Animation The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters and theater lobby galleries; Museum lobby; first and second floors; Yoshiko and Akio Morita Media Gallery December 14, 2005–February 6, 2006 Media preview: December 13, 2005, 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Special advance screening of new short film One Man Band NEW YORK, December 12, 2005—The Museum of Modern Art presents Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, a major exhibition of work by the artists of Pixar Animation Studios that brings together all of Pixar’s feature films and shorts—including the North American premiere of its latest short, One Man Band (2005)—and the first public display of more than 500 sculptures and works on paper created in the development of Pixar films. On view from December 14, 2005, through February 6, 2006, Pixar: 20 Years of Animation also features 10 digital media installations and a zoetrope devised especially for this exhibition, as well as a program of lectures, talks, and workshops by Pixar artists. The exhibition is organized by Steven Higgins, Curator, and Ronald S. Magliozzi, Assistant Curator, with Jenny He, Celeste Bartos Research Assistant, Department of Film and Media, The Museum of Modern Art. Each of Pixar’s six feature-length films—Toy Story (1995), A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc.
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